James Collins
James Collins
Full Name:  James Edgar Collins
   School:  Jackson High School in Jacksonville, Florida


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FSU Career
Basketball
Year  No  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
93-94 23  G       6-4  190  Fr   *   Jacksonville                
94-95 23  G       6-4  190  So   *   Jacksonville                
95-96 23  G       6-4  190  Jr   *   Jacksonville                
96-97 23  G       6-4  195  Sr   *   Jacksonville                


Comments
Guard from Jacksonville...four-year letterman and three-year + starter...a hard worker and good defender who often guarded the opponent's most potent scorer...good ball-handler and passer...earned 3rd Team All-ACC honors in 1995, 96 and 97...All-American Honorable Mention from Basketball News in 1997...helped lead FSU to the NIT finals in 1997 and the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 1998...made 8 of 12 3s against Connecticut in 1997 and went 7-for-7 against South Florida in 1994...had six steals in a game several times...in the top 25 seasonal record books for Three-Point Field Goals Made (6th-75 in 1997, 8th-72 in 95 and 12th-69 in 96) Attempted (6th-203 in 1997, 7th-199 in 96 and 14th-164 in 95) and Percentage (7th-.439 in 1995) and Steals (19th-62 in 1996)...top 25 records include Average (18th-16.0), Points (3rd-1793), Field Goals Made (2nd-645) and Attempted (2nd-1433), Three-Point Field Goals Made (1st-255) Attempted (1st-686) and Percentage (10th-.372), Free Throws Made (20th-248) and Attempted (20th-365), Assists (18th-283), Steals (6th-191) and Games Started (5th-102)...played one year in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers.


Awards
Basketball
Year  Award
1997  Basketball Times - All-American - Honorable Mention


FSU Statistics
Basketball
                                 --3 Point---                            ----REBOUNDS-----
Year  GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  PCT  FGM FGA  PCT  FTM FTA  PCT  PTS  AVG    OFF DEF  TOT  AVG  PF DQ  AST   TO  BLK  STL
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93-94 27  17  730 110  270 .407   39 120 .325   39  57 .684  298 11.0     46  58  104  3.9  58  1   62   62    7   37
94-95 27  27  902 181  354 .511   72 164 .439   53  76 .697  487 18.0     59  57  116  4.3  74  3   48   74    7   37
95-96 27  27  966 172  412 .417   69 199 .347   81 120 .675  494 18.3     47  74  121  4.5  75  1   86   68    9   62
96-97 31  31 1081 182  397 .458   75 203 .369   75 112 .670  514 16.6     51 107  158  5.1  85  0   87   65   14   55
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Tot  112 102 3679 645 1433 .450  255 686 .372  248 365 .679 1793 16.0    203 296  499  4.5 292  5  283  269   37  191


Pro Career
Basketball
Height: 6-4   Weight: 196
Drafted: 1997, 2nd Round  #37, Philadelphia 76ers, G     
Debut: December 10, 1997

Year  Abbr   Team                                No      Pos
97-98 LAC    Los Angeles Clippers                32      G


Pro Statistics
Basketball
Year  Team  GP  GS   Min  FGM   FGA  Pct 3FGM 3FGA  Pct  FTM  FTA  Pct O-RB D-RB   Tot   PF DQ  Ast   TO Blk Stl   Pts  Avg
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97-98 LAC   23       104   21    55 .382    9   20 .450    8   14 .571    7    7    14   13  0    3    8   3   6    59  2.6
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1 Year      23   0   104   21    55 .382    9   20 .450    8   14 .571    7    7    14   13  0    3    8   3   6    59  2.6